Funding search · EIN 383331471 · Lansing, MI

Great Lakes Fishery Trust

Name: Great Lakes Fishery Trust grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

42
grants reported: $7.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $160,318
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

great lakes lake fish research river youth watershed

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources1 grant · $750,000
Conservation Resource Alliance3 grants · $630,000
Lake Superior State University2 grants · $453,787
Michigan State University Extension2 grants · $435,896
Carleton University1 grant · $423,340
The Research Foundation for Suny at Brockport1 grant · $403,982
Pere Marquette Charter Township1 grant · $317,400
University of Notre Dame1 grant · $313,108
Huron Pines2 grants · $297,009
Grand Rapids Public Museum Found1 grant · $250,000

Giving over time

$2.2M

2022

$2.2M

2023

$3.1M

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$750,000
Michigan Department of Natural Resources · Lansing, MI · 2024
Renovate snug harbor shoreline fishing site at muskegon state park
$423,340
Carleton University · 2024
Characterize needs, motivation and values of fisherman and characteristics the risk, benefits and barriers faced around lake michigan
$403,982
The Research Foundation for Suny at Brockport · Brockport, NY · 2024
Project to evaluate whether thiamine deficiency could affect lake whitefish recruitment in the great lakes region
$317,400
Pere Marquette Charter Township · Ludington, MI · 2022
$315,000
Conservation Resource Alliance · Traverse City, MI · 2024
Construction of three bridges and install habitat structures on the crystal river in leelanau county
$313,108
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
$276,837
Michigan State University Extension · Alpena, MI · 2024
Teaching great lakes literacy: connecting scientists, educators, and youth through research and data explorations
$259,048
Lake Superior State University · Marie, MI · 2023
More than water under the bridge: inventory and viability assessment of fish spawning and nursery habitats in the straits of mackinac
$250,000
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians · Harbor Springs, MI · 2024
Replace meshenahma research vessel
$250,000
Grand Rapids Public Museum Found · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
$249,712
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Behavioral investigations of olfactory imprinting to natal odors in cisco coregonus artedi
$238,242
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point · Stevens Point, WI · 2023
Estimation of lake whitefish spawning stock abundance using close-kin mark-recapture
$200,000
Trout Unlimited · Rockford, MI · 2024
Remove infrastructure of a deteriorating dam and former fish farm on the baldwin river to restore a healthy stream channel
$200,000
Conservation Resource Alliance · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Research
$200,000
Great Lakes Fishery Commission · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
$200,000
St Joseph Charter Township · Saint Joseph, MI · 2022
$196,997
Huron Pines · Gaylord, MI · 2023
Upper thunder bay river restoration
$194,739
Lake Superior State University · Sault Sainte Marie, MI · 2022
$183,098
Great Lakes St Lawrence Governors & Premiers · Arlington Heights, IL · 2024
Initiative to find ways to capture potential value of commercially caught great lakes fish more fully
$172,340
Central Michigan University · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2024
Evaluate the source-specific production of coho salmon on the lake michigan fishery
$161,578
Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan · Alpena, MI · 2023
Marine debris stewards
$159,059
Michigan State University Extension · Alpena, MI · 2023
Teaching great lakes literacy: connecting scientists, educators, and youth through research and data explorations
$157,558
Great Lakes St Lawrence Governors · Evanston, IL · 2022
$150,000
City of Albion · Albion, MI · 2023
City of albion dams removal project
$150,000
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2023
Project quantifying environmental drivers of fish community dynamics across the great lakes
$127,270
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council · Petoskey, MI · 2023
Watershed academy expansion
$125,000
Bay Mills Indian Community · Brimley, MI · 2024
Permanent concrete boat ramp and seasonal, removable dock with handicap-accessible kayak launch
$115,000
Conservation Resource Alliance · Traverse City, MI · 2022
Research
$100,012
Huron Pines · Gaylord, MI · 2022
$84,934
St Joseph County Conservation District · Centreville, MI · 2023
St. Joseph river watershed road stream crossing inventory
$77,353
Inland Seas Education Association · Suttons Bay, MI · 2023
Advancing great lakes stewardship: a year-long teacher professional development with inland seas
$71,880
Homestead Township (Honor) · Honor, MI · 2023
Universal great lakes fishery access at platte river park
$64,051
Grand Valley State University · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Upstream-downstream connections in the lake michigan basin (udc)
$57,676
University of Wisconsin · Stevens Point, WI · 2022
$50,000
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Hrwc youth education programming
$43,723
Huron River Watershed Council · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Hrwc youth education programming
$43,584
West Michigan Environmental Action Council · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
Summer science explorers of muskegon
$31,614
Muskegon Conservation District · Twin Lake, MI · 2023
Mona lake watershed road/stream crossing inventory
$30,278
Discovery Center Great Lakes · Traverse City, MI · 2023
Connecting grand traverse regional youth with the great lakes through recreation and education
$28,613
University of Wisconsin · Stevens Point, WI · 2022
$21,180
The Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science Math and Environmental Educ · Hancock, MI · 2023
Watershed relations: community stewardship and service for healthy fish habitat
$16,080
Central Michigan University · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2022

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